The English Language
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780198709251
Publication date:
15/01/2018
Paperback
176 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198709251
Publication date:
15/01/2018
Paperback
176 pages
Simon Horobin
Provides a concise and accessible history of English,Engages with key debates concerning issues of correctness, standards, and dialects,Investigates the uses of English worldwide,Reflects on the future of the English language,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide,Originall published in hardback as How English Became English
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Simon Horobin
Description
The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today?
In this Very Short Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today, and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements, or evidence of slipping standards. What is the future for the English language? Will Standard English continue to hold sway, or we are witnessing its replacement by newly
emerging Englishes?
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of OxfordSimon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history, structure, and uses of the English language. He is the author of How English Became English (OUP, 2016), Does Spelling Matter? (OUP, 2013), and books on the history of English, and the language of Chaucer.
Simon Horobin
Table of contents
1:What is English?
2:Origins
3:Authority
4:Standards
5:Varieties
6:Global English
7:Why do we care?
References
Further Reading
Index
Simon Horobin
Description
The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today?
In this Very Short Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today, and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements, or evidence of slipping standards. What is the future for the English language? Will Standard English continue to hold sway, or we are witnessing its replacement by newly
emerging Englishes?
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of OxfordSimon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He has written extensively on the history, structure, and uses of the English language. He is the author of How English Became English (OUP, 2016), Does Spelling Matter? (OUP, 2013), and books on the history of English, and the language of Chaucer.
Table of contents
1:What is English?
2:Origins
3:Authority
4:Standards
5:Varieties
6:Global English
7:Why do we care?
References
Further Reading
Index
Oxford Japanese Grammar and Verbs
Jonathan Bunt
Andrew Robinson
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
Bas Aarts, Sylvia Chalker, Edmund Weiner
Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking
Colin Swatridge
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations
Antony Jay
Suryakanta
P. H. Matthews
Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
Julia Cresswell
John C. Maher
